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. Page 7 <br />September 26, 1995 <br />Mayor Linke stated if a project is proposed, a feasibility study will be <br />completed and a street width determined. Stakes will then be installed to show <br />residents what the end result will essentially be. After that time, an <br />informational meeting will be held. <br />Ms. Hankner suggested that two neighborhood meetings be held. One would <br />be to obtain resident's input as to what should be included in the feasibility <br />study. The other could be held after to go over the study and what is being <br />proposed. This would provide residents with an active participation tool to <br />influence the council in their final decision. <br />Mayor Linke reminded the Council members that the City Charter dictates <br />when there will be public hearings on these things. <br />Ms. Hankner stated she feels some responsibility needs to be put back on the <br />residents in the communities to get active. <br />Mr. Quick pointed out that this is a Resolution and it is not cast in stone. <br />Somewhere down the line it will be reworked and amended until it is a good <br />working document. <br />Ms. Trude stated she will be voting against this resolution. She feels very <br />strongly that the residents that came to the Council meetings in June and the <br />those she has spoken with personally, made it clear that they are very satisfied <br />with the present widths of their roads and they do not see wider streets as any <br />improvement to the city they live in. She thinks a unanimous decision has <br />been. made in her neighborhood. She does not feel that Paragraph 4 of the <br />resolution will cover those neighborhoods who just appreciate green space <br />over asphalt. She feels that is the basic underlying difference amongst the <br />council members. Some people view their home as an extension of the street <br />and others view their home as part of a green space and the streets are strictly <br />a way to get to and from places. She stated many of those she has spoken <br />to say that the environment is their number one concern for staying with the <br />road widths that the city has now. Additionally, they have concerns about <br />traffic speeds and costs. She agrees with all of these. <br />Mayor Linke stated he is looking at what is best for the community. He likes <br />green space also and just because he supports 30 foot street widths does not <br />• <br />